BlueFire Renewables (BFRE) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

BlueFire Renewables saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 200 shares, an increase of ∞ from the previous total of 0 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "chemicals" compare to BlueFire Renewables: Senestech, Inc. (0.46%), PURE Bioscience (0.01%), Origin Materials, Inc. (11.05%), Evogene Ltd. (2.00%), TOR Minerals International Inc (0.00%), Gulf Resources, Inc. (0.42%), CN Energy Group. Inc. (6.19%), Nexentis Technologies Inc. (3.37%), Tantech Holdings Ltd. (5.89%), Bolt Projects Holdings, Inc. (8.94%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Analog Devices, Inc. ($5.58 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.48 billion), Aon plc ($5.31 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($3.01 billion), Snap Inc. ($2.99 billion), Peloton Interactive, Inc. ($2.30 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.29 billion), Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.23 billion), GameStop Corp. ($2.03 billion), and Marathon Petroleum Corporation ($1.85 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling BFRE is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from BlueFire Renewables as its price is falling. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit.

A short squeeze for BlueFire Renewables occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of BFRE, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including BFRE, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2021.